2011 WSOP November Nine with Jack Effel, Tournament Director
Today begins the long awaited conclusion of the 2011 WSOP Main Event final table that went on break in July after reaching the final nine players.
Eight of the nine players will leave millionaires while the first out will pocket just over three quarters of a million dollars. The winner takes home the World Poker Championship title, almost nine million in cash plus poker's most elusive treasure, the gold and diamond championship bracelet.
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The M Resort, which often mimics promotions of its direct competitor Station Casinos, is offering an 11/11/11 deal of their own that trumps Station.
At all the Station and Fiesta casinos, play cash games of hold’em on Nov. 11 and flop quad Jacks (while holding pocket Jacks) and you’ll get $11,111. Get quads on the turn or river and you’ll get $1,111.
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Annie Duke, showed the boys the short way home in 2010
NBC has announced the cancellation of one of the sports most prestigious poker tournament, the invitation only NBC National Heads-up Poker Tournament (NHUPT). Beginning in 2005 and continuing every spring at Caesars Palace, the 64 player field included the world's best poker players, a few poker playing celebrities and a couple of lucky satellite winners in a poker tournament based on the single elimination format of college basketball's championship in March.
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Bill Rini addresses the Poker Blogger's 2005 meeting
Poker industry insider and blogger, Bill Rini, has compiled a list of events along with the probable causes that have resulted in another online poker scandal of the highest order. Rini's blog post, How Things Became So Screwed Up At Full Tilt Poker, is a must read. Direct link to Bill Rini's Bill's Poker Blog.
Full Tilt board member, Howard Lederer, 2010 WSOP
Major media reported Friday a tentative purchase agreement between Full Tilt Poker and Groupe Bernard Tapie will result in the sale of Full Tilt to the French businessman, Bernard Tapia. Some of the more optimistic reporters believe this will result in players receiving the money that once resided in in their Full Tilt play accounts. We wish you all the luck with that.
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Chris Ferguson's lawyer declares, Full Tilt no Ponzi scheme
Alderney Gaming Control Commission (AGCC) on the British Channel Islands revoked Full Tilt Poker's online license on Thursday saying the site lied to regulators about its finances. Without a valid gaming license the supposed sale of Full Tilt to an unnamed investor prepared to repay Full Tilt players would be DOA according to Full Tilt lawyer, Jeff Ifrah.
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2006 Caesars Palace Tournament Room
Heading into the holidays begins with the world's best poker players converging on Las Vegas for a round of high end poker tournaments and the ESPN TV poker spectacular, final conclusion of the 2011 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Final Table. The all time, original and first ever poker tournament/event, Caesars Entertainment's WSOP Main Event, crowns the top poker player in the world for 2011 at the final table November 5-7.
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Full Tilters Chris Ferguson and Andy Bloch - 2006
Shari Geller, feature writer for Poker Player Newspaper, has posted a detailed account of Full Tilt revelations since Black Friday. The article's title tells it all, Full Tilt Poker's Statements Since April Versus the Truth. A must read for all online players and should be of particular interest to those players that have unpaid Full Tilt player's accounts.
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Howard Lederer and Chris "Jesus" Ferguson at the 2010 WSOP
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To lull away players from Station Casinos, South Point is holding a $125,000 freeroll poker tournament on Dec. 13 and 14.
To qualify, play 100 hours of cash games now through Nov. 30. Then you'll be entered and get T2000 chips (pay $10 for T1000 more).
You can also gain extra chips by playing more:
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